Improvement in carpet-stretchers



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Wteeeea Inventor.

' 1 @Maj arma sera ALVAN S. RICHARDS, OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY,

MARYLAND.

Letters Patent No. 108,938, dated November 1, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARPET-STRETCHERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making `part of the same,

To all whom it may concern: p

Be it known that I, ALVAN S. RionlinDs, of the countyof Montgomery, and iu-the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oarpet-Stretchers; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference' being had to the'accompanying drawing making a part of this'spccitication, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the upper' side of my device, and

Figure 2 same.

Letters of like nameund kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.

My invention is designed to render more easy the' operation of putting down carpets; and

It consists of a lever of the first order, pivoted to or upon a movable fulcrum, and having pivoted to its outer end a suitable claw for seizing or engaging with theedge of the carpet, as is hereinafter set forth.

lathe annexed drawing- AArepresents a bar or4 lever,.having pivoted to or is a like view of the lower side of the Vuponfone end thereof a claw, 15 constructed of sheet meta-hin the form shown.

Ati'ajshort distance from said claw is pivoted one end of Ia short fulci'um-har, C, the opposite' end of which, as well as the. outer end of said lever, is providedwith apoint'ed metal stud or pin, o and a, respectively. v

As thus constructed, the device is complete and. is operated as follows:

The lever being placed upon the carpet near and l parallel with the haseboard, the serrated edge of thel claw is caused to engage with the edge of said carpet, and the outer end 'of the fulcrnm-bar,standing at a right angle with the line of said hase-board, fixe,

ed in place by pressing thereon the knee, so as to imhed the stud e within the fioor, after which the free end oi' said lever is drawn outward until the claw and edge of the carpet are carried inward to the desired position, when, by pressing downward upon the end of said lever until ,the stud a is fixed within the door, the whole device and carpet are held in position until the latter can he secured by tacks. A

In order to permit of the more ready insertion of tacks within the carpet a V-shaped opening, b, is provided within the vouter edge ofthe claw B, which, as shown inthe drawing, is'short; but if' desired, the' edge of the claw may be extended'so as to embrace more of the carpet, und contain t-'wo or more of said openings.

Having thus fully set forth. the nature and merits of my invention,

'What I claim as new is- The hereinbefore-described carpet-stretcher, consisting of the lever A, provided with the stud a, the claw B, and the pivoted fulcrum-bar G, provided with the stud c, substantially as shoivn.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of June, 1870.

- ALVAN S. RICHARDS.

' Witnesses:

GEO. S. PRIN'DLE, EDM'. F. BROWN. 

